Former Blazer scrubs are good assistant coach prospects?

[MickZagger]

Sean Marks joins the Spurs staff and Jared Jeffries takes a scouting position with the Nugs.

 

[jlprk]

It's been known for a long time that scrubs who had to learn every trick to survive make better coaches than stars to whom everything came easily. For example, Phil Jackson and Pat Riley were journeymen.

 

[Denny Crane]

That Jerry Sloan guy was a pretty good coach.

His Bulls teammates Matt Guokas, Rick Adelman, and Bobby Weiss didn't last as long as coach.

 

[jlprk]

I thought of Sloan and Wooden as I wrote that. I left out Sloan because he was an odd hybrid, a starter due to toughness, not super-smooth silky skills. I left out Wooden because he's an exception to the rule.

 

[crandc]

In many sports, marginal players make great coaches and great players make lousy coaches.

 

[BrianFromWA]

They should have been good assistant coach prospects last year, but made a cool 1.5M wearing a uniform. Ronnie Price should be on the list as well.

 

[KingSpeed]

Jared Jeffries takes a scouting position with the Nugs.

And according to ESPN, he's a better player than Michael Beasley. I saw Beasley dominate the Lakers last year. Never seen Jeffries do anything like that.

 

[jlprk]

Ronnie Price should be on the list as well.

Using the rule of thumb laboriously hashed out in this thread, Ronnie Price is the next Phil Jackson.